One Fish, Two Fish By Steve Barnes/Life@Home The color and subject of Sarah Fish’s tattoos reflect her general emotional state during the periods of her life in which she acquired each. At a dark time in the past she had an ankle inked with a ring of black skulls. A scene on her left shoulder, […]
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The Art of Layering: Mixing and matching makes this 18th-century home stand out By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Jennifer and Richard Lanne bought their Ballston Spa house 10 years ago, and while they’ve made quite a history of their own here, the home’s story stretches back to strange and interesting beginnings. The compact farmhouse — complete with […]
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…Except for the One About Food By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home There aren’t a lot of rules in our house. We do have a few, however, that you wouldn’t expect. Tops must be put back on markers. It’s pretty annoying to sit down with a fresh sheet of crisp white paper, only to find the markers all […]
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Free-Wheeling Beauty By Kim Messenger/Life@Home Have you ever been to the Musee d’Orsay in Paris? Ahh yes, I remember it well. I was living as a student in England and having a nervous breakdown. My friend Michelle came to visit, and we decided to go to France. We took the boat over to Dieppe and […]
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Battery Beat By Cari Scribner/Life@Home With all the toys and clocks and flashlights we have in our houses, most of us burn through batteries. But when they’re out of juice, they can be easily and inexpensively replaced. Smart consumers buy rechargeable batteries as a better alternative to one-use disposables. In fact, the National Electrical Manufacturers […]
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Blanket Security By Laurie Lynn Fischer/Life@Home When I was a teenager, someone burglarized my Bethlehem house and stole my Sweet 16 pearls. Barbara Husik recalls feeling not only “violated” by a break-in she suffered while living in Schenectady but also “patronized” by police. Sadly, those scenarios and feelings have become increasingly familiar to Capital Region […]
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By Melissa Fiorenza/Life@Home The powdery chemical compound stowed in your kitchen pantry works wonders for making airy cakes, but the buck doesn’t stop at baking. Between our research and help from Facebook friends and locals, we came up with this list of other uses for that tiny box’s ingredients: 1. Keep cool in the heat […]
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Stairway From Heaven By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem: The Niskayuna staircase was outdated, and the homeowners wanted to update it to make a more exciting entryway. Solution: Denise Maurer, of Denise Maurer Interiors in Troy, says this kind of staircase represents a “very common stair-building method back in the late ’70s and early ’80s. It was […]
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